Eagle Island Light

For Eagle Island Lighthouse in County Mayo, Ireland, see Eagle Island, County Mayo

Eagle Island Light


Location	Eagle Island
Coordinates	44°13′3.53″N 68°46′3.98″W / 44.2176472°N 68.7677722°W / 44.2176472; -68.7677722Coordinates: 44°13′3.53″N 68°46′3.98″W / 44.2176472°N 68.7677722°W / 44.2176472; -68.7677722
Year first constructed	1838
Year first lit	1858
Automated	1963
Foundation	Natural / emplaced
Construction	Granite rubblestone
Tower shape	Conical Tower
Markings / pattern	White with black lantern
Height	30 feet (9.1 m)
Focal height	106 feet (32 m)
Original lens	4th order Fresnel lens
Range	9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 4s
Fog signal	none
Admiralty number	J0078
ARLHS number	USA-256
USCG number	1-3455^[1]^[2]^[3]

Eagle Island Light is a lighthouse on Eagle Island in Penobscot Bay. The tower was first lit in 1838 but had to be torn down because of physical defects. It was rebuilt in 1858 and operated by several families over the next century. In 1959 the light was automated, and five years later, over vehement local protests, the keeper's house was torn down and the bell was removed. The crew that removed the bell lost control of it, and it fell into the Bay. A lobsterman salvaged it some years later and it is on exhibit on Great Spruce Head Island.

Today Eagle Light is owned by a nonprofit which provides public access and has restored both the light itself and the square pyramidal bell tower. Along with several other lights in Maine, the growth of trees around the light has made its future problematic.^[3]

References

↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-06.
↑ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 32.
1 2 Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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